10 Things We Learned From Twin Peaks: The Return Part 10

10. Richard Horne Is A Being Of Unspeakable Awfulness

Part 10 begins with Richard Horne covering up his tracks following the gut punch hit and run of Part 6.

He paid a visit to Miriam, giggling doppelgänger of the RR's Heidi. You knew, when he caught her in the rear view mirror of The Farmer's truck, that she was not long for this world. Miriam explained that she mailed a letter to the police confirming that he was behind the wheel. If anything were to happen to her, the police would know he was the culprit.

Something did happen to her; Horne smashed the plate glass door of her trailer and battered her. This was not filmed directly; Lynch instead made the decision to let the scene play out in the mind of the viewer, capturing the sounds from a distance. Given the overarching theme of the hour, it was conspicuous for not being remotely gratuitous. The scene was a narrative necessity required to propel many subplots forward and reinforce the sheer awfulness of Richard's character.

What happened to her and or what is going to happen to her is self-evident. Blood pooled from her head. Scratch marks scarred her arms. Horne lit a candle and turned the gas oven on.

You'd think she was dead...